DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/14 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.8 - - 74.4 - - 71.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 100 - - 8 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3042 - - 599 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2410 - - 922 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3931 - - 1488 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1096 - - 1451 - - 1972 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 294 - - 98 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 218 - - 190 - - 255 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - 11 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1353 - - -814 - - -694 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2578 - - 2302 - - 1633 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -144 - - -3736 - - -2850 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4075 - - 5224 - - 3788 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 98 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2750 - - 3050 - - 2460 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.8 - - 74.4 - - 71.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.2 - - 67.0 - - 66.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.4 - - 74.7 - - 72.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.0 - - 66.0 - - 66.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 100 - - 8 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3042 - - 599 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 80 - - 92 - - 66 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 14 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96665 18 278 26 290 16 294 96665 89433 15 260 19 285 20 284 89433 83969 12 262 20 266 32 287 83969 79449 15 304 17 257 20 274 79449 75540 16 289 13 276 13 260 75540 72047 14 253 13 265 18 235 72047 68848 17 249 13 257 16 231 68848 65882 22 258 21 251 19 255 65882 63118 29 242 29 237 26 248 63118 60433 28 242 34 257 31 264 60433 57639 38 251 43 261 44 258 57639 54749 42 254 37 252 39 250 54749 51977 52 263 52 255 46 259 51977 49473 63 255 62 254 61 257 49473 47249 64 252 61 256 74 257 47249 45265 69 253 68 259 85 255 45265 43479 76 249 81 256 88 256 43479 41846 78 247 87 255 90 258 41846 40329 77 251 84 257 94 260 40329 38906 74 253 82 258 95 260 38906 37560 73 255 81 255 92 259 37560 36254 72 257 79 250 87 259 36254 34923 72 257 77 246 80 259 34923 33539 71 255 73 246 68 255 33539 32104 71 254 68 247 60 249 32104 30602 71 253 63 250 60 250 30602 29020 69 250 57 251 59 251 29020 27358 65 248 59 252 56 248 27358 25615 64 251 60 255 58 253 25615 23797 63 252 53 257 56 254 23797 21905 58 254 48 259 55 250 21905 19932 48 255 47 260 53 246 19932 17877 46 255 42 258 55 249 17877 15787 39 256 41 253 51 247 15787 13782 33 262 44 249 46 238 13782 11964 28 266 43 249 45 230 11964 10350 24 267 36 253 43 227 10350 8910 22 269 32 253 36 228 8910 7623 20 257 27 251 30 234 7623 6478 16 254 23 246 27 236 6478 5459 17 230 20 240 25 235 5459 4559 19*222 18 231 24 234 4559 3762 19*221 18 222 22 234 3762 3048 18 220 19 215 22 236 3048 2416 18 217 20 208 22 237 2416 1888 17 217 20*197 19 239 1888 1483 16 216 17*192 17 242 1483 1204 16 215 14 190 13 247 1204 1035 14 215 12 188 11*250 1035 938 12 214 9 188 6*255 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography